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Posts tagged with 'wallpaper' at MetaFilter.Sat, 20 Feb 2016 15:18:35 -0800Sat, 20 Feb 2016 15:18:35 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60The fine art of making wallpaper by hand, in the "machine mad" 1960shttp://www.metafilter.com/157301/The%2Dfine%2Dart%2Dof%2Dmaking%2Dwallpaper%2Dby%2Dhand%2Din%2Dthe%2Dmachine%2Dmad%2D1960s
Two short, incomplete clips of making patterned wallpaper, largely by hand, in the 1960s from British Pathé: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ycigOdc7FU">Wallpaper (1963)</a> made by routing sycamore wood blocks hand block printing, seen again in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lre_HIVsiAc">Perfect Match (1968)</a> where "color mixing is still a primitive pour and stir method." Bonus: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv5iyZPzhMQ">Out Takes / Cuts From Cp 433 - Wallpaper, Feather Flowers And Perspex Sculpture (1963)</a> and see also: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C3I5ErYNTI">Lino Decor (1958)</a> tag:metafilter.com,2016:site.157301Sat, 20 Feb 2016 15:18:35 -0800filthy light thief"The house is not a work of art, simply a place where one lives"http://www.metafilter.com/156635/The%2Dhouse%2Dis%2Dnot%2Da%2Dwork%2Dof%2Dart%2Dsimply%2Da%2Dplace%2Dwhere%2Done%2Dlives
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/20/arts/design/josef-frank-celebrating-the-anti-design-designer.html?_r=0">The NYTs</a> announces a <a href="http://www.mak.at/aktuell?set-ad=y&article_id=1419779770297">new exhibit</a> at the Austrian Museum of the Applied Arts on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Frank_%28architect%29">Josef Frank,</a> architect and designer now best known for his surreal and wonderful <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/07/15/josef-frank-wallpapers/">wallpaper</a> and <a href="http://www.justscandinavian.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=josef+frank+fabric">fabric</a> designs. "Frank is one of the most underrated architects and designers of the 20th century," said co-curator Sebastian Hackenschmidt. The NYTs article suggests that he was too eclectic for his contempories to appreciate. Frank designed <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/20/arts/design/josef-frank-celebrating-the-anti-design-designer.html?_r=0">houses</a> and <a href="https://www.1stdibs.com/creators/josef-frank/furniture/">furniture</a>. If you wonder how you might use his designs [without going blind], here are some<a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/classic-designers-josef-frank-177086"> examples</a>. He cared about livability and affordability, but was ultimately disappointed in his career, which was disrupted by WWII. "It is not what I had imagined and what I wanted and would have been able to do, but rather only what I was able to accomplish under the circumstances," he wrote in a 1948 letter to a friend. "When I look back it makes me very sad." tag:metafilter.com,2016:site.156635Wed, 27 Jan 2016 08:05:30 -0800acrasisFrom Abovehttp://www.metafilter.com/152839/From%2DAbove
Earth View presents <a href="https://earthview.withgoogle.com">natural works of abstract art</a> from satellite images of our planet, sized for desktop wallpaper, or as a random image for each new browser tab. tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.152839Tue, 08 Sep 2015 21:53:32 -0800Bora Horza GobuchulTurn all book covers into wallpapershttp://www.metafilter.com/117983/Turn%2Dall%2Dbook%2Dcovers%2Dinto%2Dwallpapers
<a href="http://imgur.com/a/GhlLu#0">Turn all book covers into wallpapers</a> [via <a href='http://projects.metafilter.com/3649/Turn-all-book-covers-into-wallpapers'>mefi projects</a>]
Lovely book cover images from classic novels, remixed with "the most defining quote" from each book. tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.117983Tue, 17 Jul 2012 11:04:36 -0800exceptinsectsNo flying toasters here.http://www.metafilter.com/106946/No%2Dflying%2Dtoasters%2Dhere
<a href="http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2011/08/28/ever-wonder-where-the-windows-xp-default-wallpaper-came-from/?awesm=tnw.to_1AYdD&utm_campaign=&utm_medium=tnw.to-other&utm_source=plus.google.com&utm_content=spreadus_master">Ever wonder where the Windows XP default wallpaper came from?</a> <em>The man behind the camera is American photographer Charles O'Rear. Don't let his name fool you into thinking that the photo was in fact taken in Ireland. Bliss, as it turns out, is in.....</em> tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.106946Mon, 29 Aug 2011 05:50:33 -0800KevinSkomsvoldA portfolio of space imagery and videoshttp://www.metafilter.com/99525/A%2Dportfolio%2Dof%2Dspace%2Dimagery%2Dand%2Dvideos
"The theme of this blog is not only and obviously space, but in particular places in space that a person might theoretically be able to one day visit. So for the most part, nebula, galaxies and the like are not a part of this forum. I tend to focus on "terrestrial" places or places that host such places. I suppose I would like to find out more about these places that we may one day inhabit or simply visit."
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<a href="http://wanderingspace.net/">wanderingspace.net</a>
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<small><small> Hat tip to Nice Guy Mike<em>!</em></small></small> tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.99525Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:08:39 -0800boo_radleyPicture Thathttp://www.metafilter.com/96834/Picture%2DThat
<a href="http://tseventy.com/">Tseventy</a> offers a curated collection of art-photograph wallpapers for mobile devices (it's affiliated with <a href="http://poolga.com/">Poolga</a> (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/73093/iPhone-and-iPod-Touch-wallpapers-for-the-rest-of-us">previously</a>)). tag:metafilter.com,2010:site.96834Wed, 20 Oct 2010 07:32:50 -0800boxBugs!http://www.metafilter.com/93736/Bugs
Last week, Gizmodo <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5581568/shooting-challenge-bugs">asked their readers to submit wallpaper-sized pictures of bugs.</a> Today, <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5585808/294-creepy-crawly-bug-wallpapers">294 colorful images of creepy crawlies</a> were posted to galleries on their site: <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5584837/shooting-challenge-bugs-gallery-part-1">1</a>, <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5584959/shooting-challenge-bugs-gallery-part-2">2</a>, <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5585212/shooting-challenge-bugs-gallery-part-3">3</a>, <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5585631/shooting-challenge-bugs-gallery-part-4">4</a>, <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5585657/shooting-challenge-bugs-gallery-part-5">5</a>, <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5585716/shooting-challenge-bugs-gallery-part-6">6</a> <small>(bandwidth alert: those pages are very picture-heavy)</small> and also to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodo/sets/72157624486187264/">Flickr</a>, where high-resolution versions can be downloaded. This project is part of their weekly <a href="http://gizmodo.com/tag/shooting-challenge">"Shooting Challenge"</a>. Each week's results can be seen <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodo/sets/">in individual sets on their Flickr account</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2010:site.93736Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:13:07 -0800zarqTiled Background Designerhttp://www.metafilter.com/73383/Tiled%2DBackground%2DDesigner
<a href="http://bgpatterns.com/">Tiled Background Designer</a> is just a small, useful tool to create patterns. Experiment with pictures, colors, textures and transparency to get best result. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.73383Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:38:05 -0800Dave FarisMother Nature is an abstract artisthttp://www.metafilter.com/73158/Mother%2DNature%2Dis%2Dan%2Dabstract%2Dartist
<a href="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/ecology/30-most-incredible-abstract-satellite-images-of-earth/1324">30 Incredible Abstract Satellite Images of Earth</a> "From 400 miles away, the earth transforms into abstract art. The global landscape is impressionist, cubist and pointillist." Nice NASA images from 2000, downloadable as wallpaper. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.73158Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:48:50 -0800CunningLinguist"iPhone and iPod Touch wallpapers for the rest of us."http://www.metafilter.com/73093/iPhone%2Dand%2DiPod%2DTouch%2Dwallpapers%2Dfor%2Dthe%2Drest%2Dof%2Dus
<a href="http://poolga.com/en/">Poolga</a>: <em>iPhone and iPod Touch wallpapers from a selection of designers and illustrators from around the world</em>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.73093Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:35:51 -0800defenestrationNature's Design on Your Desktophttp://www.metafilter.com/72350/Natures%2DDesign%2Don%2DYour%2DDesktop
Designers spend about 90% of their waking life in front of a computer, so the most appealing genre for a wallpaper would be one that has beautiful design mixed with the all important aspect of being outdoors. At their best, desktop wallpapers bring animation to often lifeless computer screens, reflecting the personality of the user and acting as a calling card for creative talent. The <a href="http://desktopography.net/">Desktopography Project</a> first arrived in 2005 as a place to download nature / topological themed wallpapers with edits from selected designers. They have just released their 2008 library. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.72350Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:01:21 -0800netbrosThe future of Ubuntu Arthttp://www.metafilter.com/71212/The%2Dfuture%2Dof%2DUbuntu%2DArt
Ubuntu 8.04's <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Hardy/Alternate/Fela_Kuti"><em>Hardy Heron</em></a> has recently perched on millions of desktops worldwide, but what does the future look like for the darling of the open source world? Now entering a <a href="http://fosswire.com/2008/04/25/interview-wiemer-ubuntu-art/">new 2-year art developent cycle</a>, Ubuntu's <a href="http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/63">continuing quest</a> for <em>"pure, unadulterated, raw, visceral, lustful, shallow, skin deep beauty"</em> has begun again in earnest. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ImW0-MgR8I">Bleeding edge desktop effects</a> <small>[youtube, music]</small> are already creeping into the official distribution and the community is eagerly awaiting the new graphical look, promised as a ground-up re-imagination in the next release, <em>Intrepid Ibex</em>. <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-art/">Watch</a> <a href="https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/deviantart-theme-competition">this</a> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid">space</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.71212Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:47:46 -0800cowbellemooWallpaper eye candyhttp://www.metafilter.com/63763/Wallpaper%2Deye%2Dcandy
<a href="http://www.socwall.com/">Social Wallpaper.</a> A community effort to classify, rank, and distribute high resolution images for use as computer wallpaper. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.63763Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:08:07 -0800MitheralDesktop pictures - Computer wallpaperhttp://www.metafilter.com/62557/Desktop%2Dpictures%2DComputer%2Dwallpaper
<a href="http://wallpaper.sytes.org/">Hi-Res Photos for the Masses!</a> How about that bandwidth? tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.62557Mon, 02 Jul 2007 03:10:46 -0800hyperslothIt's Friday ... time to change the wallpaper.http://www.metafilter.com/62489/Its%2DFriday%2Dtime%2Dto%2Dchange%2Dthe%2Dwallpaper
<a href="http://www.lens-flare.de/">Need a new desktop wallpaper?</a> Here's a gorgeous collection from Germany. Bridges, clouds, refineries, spiders, architecture, wildlife ... many of them with truly excellent color. <a href="http://www.lens-flare.de/der-weg-zum-kanal-5260.htm">My favorite</a>. (And <a href="http://www.lens-flare.de/wachsame-katze-5254.htm">this one</a>'s begging for a drop-shadowed caption.) tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.62489Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:48:07 -0800jbickersNeat.http://www.metafilter.com/60369/Neat
Abnormal Behavior Child's got some interesting things to <a href="http://www.abnormalbehaviorchild.com/">look at and watch</a> or <a href="http://www.abnormalbehaviorchild.com/video_test/start.swf">play with</a>. Site self-describes as "visual poetry". <small>{second link's got flash/sound}</small> tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.60369Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:08:46 -0800dobbs"We're space explorers, and we need space!"http://www.metafilter.com/58281/Were%2Dspace%2Dexplorers%2Dand%2Dwe%2Dneed%2Dspace
Where did you want to live when you grew up? If you're like me, you read Clarke's <a href="http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue112/classic.html">SF classic</a>, <a href="http://www.sfreviews.net/rama.html">Rendezvous with Rama</a> (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134933/">soon</a> <a href="http://www.space.com/sciencefiction/movies/rama_film_991217.html">to be</a> a major <a href="http://www.rendezvouswithrama.com/">motion picture</a>?). Donald E. Davis took what we dreamed about and illustrated it, for NASA. His <a href="http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Education/SpaceSettlement/70sArt/art.html">depictions</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%27Neill_cylinder">O'Neill Cylinders</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_torus">Stanford Tori</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernal_sphere">Bernal Spheres</a> are in the <a href="http://www.donaldedavis.com/PARTS/allyours.html" title="All these images are yours, except Europa. Attempt no downloads there.">public domain</a> (and make excellent desktop wallpaper). tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.58281Fri, 02 Feb 2007 10:40:32 -0800EidetekerJennifer Angus, scourge of the insect worldhttp://www.metafilter.com/54288/Jennifer%2DAngus%2Dscourge%2Dof%2Dthe%2Dinsect%2Dworld
From this collection of <a href="http://www.butterflyutopia.com/AFRICAN/14-african_art.jpg">framed</a> <a href="http://www.butterflyutopia.com/AFRICAN/closeup2.jpg">art</a> made only from the <a href="http://www.butterflyutopia.com/butterfly_wing_art.html">wings of African butterflies</a> to <a href="http://www.galerie-mam.com/exhibitions/fabre/fabre.php">Jan Fabre</a>'s <a href="http://www.galerie-mam.com/exhibitions/popup.php?picture=http://www.galerie-mam.com/exhibitions/fabre/images/pops/0014.jpg">beetle shell encrusted sculptures</a>, the centuries-long war between artists their tiny insect enemies continues unabated. But never have I seen a more massive salvo for the artist community than <a href="http://www.textilemuseum.ca/exhibitions_terriblebeauty.html">"Terrible Beauty</a>", an installation by <a href="http://www.jenniferangus.com/current/current_exhibit.htm">Jennifer Angus</a>. Featuring over fifteen thousand insects from the artist's personal collection (!), the exhibit features a series of rooms with <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/j-lee/141344008/in/photostream/">textile geometric patterns</a> on the <a href="http://www.jenniferangus.com/current/terrible_beauty/JapanRoomClear.jpg">wall</a> <a href="http://www.jenniferangus.com/current/images_current/goliathus/sized/perm_wall.jpg">created</a> <a href="http://www.jenniferangus.com/current/images_current/bugsnsuch/hall.jpg">entirely</a> by <a href="http://www.jenniferangus.com/exhibitions/photos/11_bugdetail.jpg">pinned</a> <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/j-lee/141504708/in/photostream/">insects</a> of <a href="http://www.jenniferangus.com/current/terrible_beauty/flowertoIndiaRoom.jpg">various</a> <a href="http://www.jenniferangus.com/exhibitions/images/observ/bigwall.jpg">forms</a>, <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/j-lee/141344009/in/photostream/">hues</a> &amp; <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/j-lee/141344007/in/photostream/">sizes</a>. <small><em>All info on the amazing war between artists &amp; insects found via the amazing <a href="http://museumofdust.blogspot.com">Museum of Dust</a></em></small></em> tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.54288Sun, 27 Aug 2006 14:49:58 -0800jonsonMandolux - photographic desktop wallpapershttp://www.metafilter.com/54057/Mandolux%2Dphotographic%2Ddesktop%2Dwallpapers
<a href="http://www.mandolux.com/">Mandolux</a> - photographic desktop wallpapers. Just keep hittin' previous. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.54057Sun, 20 Aug 2006 03:04:46 -0800nthdegxAntique Celestial Mapshttp://www.metafilter.com/52987/Antique%2DCelestial%2DMaps
The <a href="http://www.usno.navy.mil/library/artwork/artwork.html">U.S. Naval Observatory Library</a> features high-res <a href="http://www.usno.navy.mil/library/rare/Bayer%201661.htm">scans</a> of <a href="http://www.usno.navy.mil/library/rare/Atlas.htm">images</a> from antique books dealing with <a href="http://www.usno.navy.mil/library/rare/Hyginus.htm">astronomy</a> and navigation. <a href="http://www.usno.navy.mil/library/artwork/jamieson.htm">Wallpapers</a>, ahoy! tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.52987Thu, 13 Jul 2006 18:40:30 -0800GatorDesktop Earth 2.0http://www.metafilter.com/49932/Desktop%2DEarth%2D20
"<a href="http://codefromthe70s.org/desktopearth_dl.asp">Desktop Earth 2.0</a> is a wallpaper generator for Windows. It runs whenever you're logged on and updates your wallpaper with an accurate representation of the Earth as it would be seen from space at that precise moment."
The images are <a href="http://codefromthe70s.org/images/desktopearth_sample.jpg">fantastic</a>. Oh, and it's free. <small>(See <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/31019">similar</a> - via <a href="http://www.digg.com/">digg</a>).</small> tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.49932Fri, 10 Mar 2006 19:37:00 -0800purephaseI can see my house from herehttp://www.metafilter.com/45323/I%2Dcan%2Dsee%2Dmy%2Dhouse%2Dfrom%2Dhere
<a href="http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~jeff/wallpaper/page.html">Hi-res satellite photos of Earth</a> Four pages worth, desktop wallpaper sized. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.45323Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:55:51 -0800jonsonDavid Lanham's online portfolio.http://www.metafilter.com/40130/David%2DLanhams%2Donline%2Dportfolio
<a href="http://www.dlanham.com/index.html">David Lanham's online portfolio.</a> Chock full of goodness, and well-designed to boot, check out <a href="http://www.dlanham.com/sketch.htm">sketches</a>, <a href="http://www.dlanham.com/art.htm">artwork</a>, and <a href="http://www.dlanham.com/anim.htm">animation</a>. He's even got <a href="http://www.dlanham.com/goodies.htm">wallpaper and icons</a> for you. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.40130Thu, 03 Mar 2005 10:45:37 -0800monju_bosatsuLifehackerhttp://www.metafilter.com/39859/Lifehacker
<a href="http://lifehacker.com">Lifehacker</a> is a fairly new addition to the <a href="http://gawker.com">Gawker </a>Media family of blogs, publishers of another personal favorite in the <a href="http://gizmodo.com">Gizmodo</a> gadget blog.
<a href="http://lifehacker.com">Lifehacker</a> posts articles on how to do all sorts of things better/quicker/cooler/cheaper:
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<li><a href="http://www.lifehacker.com/software/digital-photos/index.php#make-a-life-poster-with-photoshop-033893">How to make a "life poster" with Photoshop</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.lifehacker.com/software/life-hacks/stop-getting-credit-card-offers-033473.php">how to opt out of credit card junk mail</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.lifehacker.com/software/productivity/spacey-wallpaper-033417.php">free Hubble Space Telescope wallpaper images</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.lifehacker.com/software/search-engines/bettersearch-firefox-extension-032174.php">get thumbnail screenshots with your google search results using firefox</a>
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<li><a href="http://www.lifehacker.com/software/life-hacks/how-to-cut-vegetables-031957.php">How to cut vegetables</a> (previously posted <a href="http://www.hertzmann.com/articles/2005/fables/">here</a>)</li></ul>
In its three short weeks of life, Lifehacker has given me good tips at a shockingly high frequency. Of course, the whole thing comes full circle with their frequent <a href="http://www.lifehacker.com/software/life-hacks/ask-metafilter-roundup-the-peace-of-mind-edition-033450.php">Ask Metafilter Roundup</a> posts. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.39859Wed, 23 Feb 2005 08:56:40 -0800mcstayinskool